AKIO NAGASAWA Gallery Aoyama is pleased to announce AWA no HIBI, a solo exhibition by Hajime Sawatari.

Hajime Sawatari’s artistic practice has been navigating the intersection of reality and fiction, capturing a delicate boundary by portraying a female model. For this exhibition, the artist features a woman who is alone at home in the afternoon. Her gestures and expressions, caught in a natural and unadorned state, are both fictional and yet offer a glimpse of reality. While the images are drawn from Sawatari’s imagination, they resonate with authentic moments that aim to capture the ephemeral essence of the reality that exists beyond the fictional realm. Manipulating this unique aspect of photography, the artist invites the audience to be drawn into the interplay between non-fiction and fiction.
In conjunction with the exhibition, Akio Nagasawa Publishing will release a same-titled photobook. We look forward to your visit. 

Model: Bambi Watanabe

《Simultaneous Exhibition》
HYSTERIC GLAMOUR AWA no HIBI
Dates: April 12 2025 (Sat) – May 11 2025 (Sun)
Venue: HYSTERIC GLAMOUR SHIBUYA
6-23-2 Jingumae, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo (Irregular holidays / 11:00 - 20:00)
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